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FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues Facebook, alleging Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were used to stifle competition — Agency challenges Facebook's multi-year course of unlawful conduct — The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook …
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New York AG Letitia James leads a coalition of 48 AGs in suing Facebook, alleging the company uses a “buy or bury” approach toward its competitors — AG James Leads Bipartisan Coalition of 48 Attorneys General Charging Anticompetitive Conduct — Facebook Thwarted Competition, Reduced Consumer Privacy for Profits
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| The Verge: |
FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Facebook seeks to unwind Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, force Facebook to seek approval for future acquisitions, and more — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the lawsuit on Wednesday — On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced …
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| YouTube Official Blog: |
YouTube says it will remove any content published from today that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the 2020 US Presidential election outcome — Over the past weeks and months, we've seen people coming to YouTube to learn more about where and how to vote or learning more about a candidate or an issue.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Apple says its own apps will include the privacy “nutrition labels” required of third-party developers, after WhatsApp criticizes the company — Facebook's global messaging service WhatsApp is protesting Apple's requirement that app owners submit information about the user data …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft says its cloud gaming service, as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, will come to iOS via web browser in spring of 2021 — Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming is coming to iOS in 2021. In a new blog post today, the company says that cloud gaming as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Internal memo: Sundar Pichai apologizes over the handling of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru's departure and says he will investigate — Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized Wednesday for the company's handling of the departure of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru and said he would investigate …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
DoorDash opens at $182, a 75%+ rise over its IPO price — - Shares of DoorDash, a leading food delivery app, started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. — The stock began trading at $182 per share. — The company trades under the symbol “DASH.”
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Report: four former Apple employees say the company was aware of Chinese labor law violations by its suppliers but took no action to avoid product delays — Three former members of the Apple Supplier Responsibility team say Apple was complicit in labor law violations in China.
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Twitch unveils new guidelines to crack down on hateful conduct and sexual harassment, following a yearlong review, which take effect in January — The livestreaming site announced new guidelines after contending with claims that its streamers were too easily abused.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: consumers will have downloaded 130B apps globally in 2020, up 10% YoY, as spending rose 25% YoY to $112B; 65¢ of every $1 was spent on iOS — Consumers will have downloaded 130 billion apps in 2020 across iOS and Google Play, up 10% year-over-year, according to mobile data …
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App Annie, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, and The Next Web
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
France unveils sweeping know-your-customer rules for cryptocurrency firms operating in and servicing the country and plans more rules on crypto transactions — The French Ministry of Finance unveiled sweeping know-your-customer requirements on all cryptocurrency companies operating … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it will compel Chrome extensions to display privacy practices and limit data that developers can collect from January 18, 2021, ahead of Chrome 88 — At Chrome Dev Summit 2020 today, Google announced it will change how extensions access data and how extension permissions work in 2021.
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| Sifted: |
Atomico report: European tech startups are on track to receive a record $41B in VC funding in 2020, driven by fintech and SaaS startups — Despite the upheavals and uncertainties, 2020 is on track to be a record year for the amount of capital invested into European tech.| David Jeans / Forbes: |
Wiz, which helps companies identify cybersecurity threats across a cloud network, raises $100M Series A led by Index Ventures at an estimated $500M valuation — In March, as the Covid-19 pandemic was sweeping the globe, Assaf Rappaport was pushing hard to convince major companies …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Facebook removes at least nine Pages, including one with 16M+ followers, that spread coordinated health misinformation, after being flagged by a think tank — Facebook just took down prominent pages that were directing their millions of followers to false claims about the coronavirus, the flu vaccine, and other health issues.| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Amazon begins rolling out a new Fire TV UI with user profiles, a simpler design, and more — Back when Amazon announced its latest Fire TV products — namely, the third-generation Fire TV Stick ($40) and the Fire TV Stick Lite ($30) — it also said it was going to roll out a new Fire TV interface this year.| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Latin American crypto exchange Bitso raises $62M Series B led by QED Investors and Kaszek Ventures, following a $15M Series A in October 2019 — Latin American crypto exchange Bitso has raised a whopping $62 million funding round, the largest in the region for a digital asset firm.
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Crowdfund Insider, Cryptonews, Business Wire, Forbes, Crunchbase News, TechCrunch, The Defiant, and The Block
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| Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online: |
Adtech company PubMatic, which develops infrastructure for programmatic ads, raises $118M in its IPO and hits a high of $33.16 after pricing shares at $20 — With all eyes on DoorDash's mammoth $3.37 billion offering, PubMatic made its public equity markets debut Wednesday. Shares soared nearly 59%.
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Just Eat says it will offer 1,000+ new UK workers an hourly wage, plus other benefits like sick pay, in a challenge to gig economy rivals Deliveroo and Uber — Meal delivery service will give benefits including sick pay and pension contributions to 1,000 new couriers| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Squire, which develops software for barbershops, raises $59M Series C led by Iconiq Capital at a $250M valuation, just months after raising a $34M Series B — Squire, a startup that sells software to barbershops, has raised $59 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital.| Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News: |
WorkRamp, which offers digital workplace training tools, raises $17M Series B led by OMERS Ventures and will focus on European and Indian growth — Enterprise learning platform WorkRamp has raised $17 million in a Series B round led by OMERS Ventures 1. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily
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